Calvin Tibbetts was a stonecutter. In 1832, while living in Maine, he became a member of Nathaniel Wyeth's first overland expedition with Solomon Smith. The Wyeth expedition started in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1840, he was living near Champoeg, but by 1841, he had joined Solomon Smith on Clatsop Plains near mouth of the Columbia. Tibbetts went to California with the US Exploring Expedition under Lt. Emmons in Sept. 1841.
In 1845, Thomas Owens, Edward Williams, Elbridge Trask, William Perry and Calvin Tibbets, who had formed the Wahoni Milling Co., built the mill at the south end of Clatsop Plains near the mouth of the Neawanna. The mill operated for only a couple of years, because the gristmill failed, due to the fact that the Clatsop Plains wasn’t suitable to grow crops, the mill was then converted to a lumber mill.
Calvin Tibbetts was a member of the Oregon Temperance Society, and as such signed the petition requesting Ewing Young and Lawrence Carmichael to give up their distillery. Tibbetts was also a member of the Willamette Cattle Company. In 1843, he voted for the Provisional Government of Oregon. In 1845, was chosen by by the Legislature as one of the three Judges for Clatsop County.
That Calvin Tibbets was back and forth to California several times. A letter from Courtney Walker dated 26 Aug 1849, announced the death of Calvin Tibbetts, while returning on the ship "Forrest" from a trip to the gold mines, he died of cholera. He was buried at sea prior to the ship landing in Oregon on 11 Aug 1849.
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Note: (Calvin Tibbetts IS NOT believed to be the child of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Hayes) Tibbetts, as there is another fellow with the same name who is believed to be their son Calvin Tebbets)
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Calvin married Luana Katata a full blooded Claptsop Indian. They had two children, Grace (Tibbetts) Sortor and John Tibbetts.
John Tibbetts was born about 1846 in Oregon. He is found in Clatsop County living with the Smith Family during the 1850 census, but what happen to him after this time is unknown.
Grace Tibbetts was born in Oregon about 1845 and died at the St Joseph Hospital in Vancouver, Washington on the 17th of Jan 1902. Grace is found in the 1860 census with the Caufield family in Oregon City. Grace married Richard Sortor, they had 11 children.
Children of Grace and Richard Sorter:
1. Myra Ann (Sortor) Moody 1866-1949
2. Mary Sortor b. 1868 Oregon
3. Rosabel Sortor b. 1871 Oregon
4. Richard Sortor b. 1872 Washington
5. Elizabeth Annette (Sortor) Spencer 1876-1949
6. Julia (Sortor) Fredrickson 1878-1916
7.Jacob Sortor 1889-1955
Sources:
1. The Signers of the Oregon Memorial of 1838, Oregon Historical Quarterly VOLUME XXIV (1933) page 182-183
2. Men of Champoeg, by Caroline Dobbs page 35-40, Portland, Oregon (1932)
In 1845, Thomas Owens, Edward Williams, Elbridge Trask, William Perry and Calvin Tibbets, who had formed the Wahoni Milling Co., built the mill at the south end of Clatsop Plains near the mouth of the Neawanna. The mill operated for only a couple of years, because the gristmill failed, due to the fact that the Clatsop Plains wasn’t suitable to grow crops, the mill was then converted to a lumber mill.
Calvin Tibbetts was a member of the Oregon Temperance Society, and as such signed the petition requesting Ewing Young and Lawrence Carmichael to give up their distillery. Tibbetts was also a member of the Willamette Cattle Company. In 1843, he voted for the Provisional Government of Oregon. In 1845, was chosen by by the Legislature as one of the three Judges for Clatsop County.
That Calvin Tibbets was back and forth to California several times. A letter from Courtney Walker dated 26 Aug 1849, announced the death of Calvin Tibbetts, while returning on the ship "Forrest" from a trip to the gold mines, he died of cholera. He was buried at sea prior to the ship landing in Oregon on 11 Aug 1849.
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Note: (Calvin Tibbetts IS NOT believed to be the child of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Hayes) Tibbetts, as there is another fellow with the same name who is believed to be their son Calvin Tebbets)
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Calvin married Luana Katata a full blooded Claptsop Indian. They had two children, Grace (Tibbetts) Sortor and John Tibbetts.
John Tibbetts was born about 1846 in Oregon. He is found in Clatsop County living with the Smith Family during the 1850 census, but what happen to him after this time is unknown.
Grace Tibbetts was born in Oregon about 1845 and died at the St Joseph Hospital in Vancouver, Washington on the 17th of Jan 1902. Grace is found in the 1860 census with the Caufield family in Oregon City. Grace married Richard Sortor, they had 11 children.
Children of Grace and Richard Sorter:
1. Myra Ann (Sortor) Moody 1866-1949
2. Mary Sortor b. 1868 Oregon
3. Rosabel Sortor b. 1871 Oregon
4. Richard Sortor b. 1872 Washington
5. Elizabeth Annette (Sortor) Spencer 1876-1949
6. Julia (Sortor) Fredrickson 1878-1916
7.Jacob Sortor 1889-1955
Sources:
1. The Signers of the Oregon Memorial of 1838, Oregon Historical Quarterly VOLUME XXIV (1933) page 182-183
2. Men of Champoeg, by Caroline Dobbs page 35-40, Portland, Oregon (1932)
Calvin Tibbetts was a stonecutter. In 1832, while living in Maine, he became a member of Nathaniel Wyeth's first overland expedition with Solomon Smith. The Wyeth expedition started in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1840, he was living near Champoeg, but by 1841, he had joined Solomon Smith on Clatsop Plains near mouth of the Columbia. Tibbetts went to California with the US Exploring Expedition under Lt. Emmons in Sept. 1841.
In 1845, Thomas Owens, Edward Williams, Elbridge Trask, William Perry and Calvin Tibbets, who had formed the Wahoni Milling Co., built the mill at the south end of Clatsop Plains near the mouth of the Neawanna. The mill operated for only a couple of years, because the gristmill failed, due to the fact that the Clatsop Plains wasn’t suitable to grow crops, the mill was then converted to a lumber mill.
Calvin Tibbetts was a member of the Oregon Temperance Society, and as such signed the petition requesting Ewing Young and Lawrence Carmichael to give up their distillery. Tibbetts was also a member of the Willamette Cattle Company. In 1843, he voted for the Provisional Government of Oregon. In 1845, was chosen by by the Legislature as one of the three Judges for Clatsop County.
That Calvin Tibbets was back and forth to California several times. A letter from Courtney Walker dated 26 Aug 1849, announced the death of Calvin Tibbetts, while returning on the ship "Forrest" from a trip to the gold mines, he died of cholera. He was buried at sea prior to the ship landing in Oregon on 11 Aug 1849.
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Note: (Calvin Tibbetts IS NOT believed to be the child of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Hayes) Tibbetts, as there is another fellow with the same name who is believed to be their son Calvin Tebbets)
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Calvin married Luana Katata a full blooded Claptsop Indian. They had two children, Grace (Tibbetts) Sortor and John Tibbetts.
John Tibbetts was born about 1846 in Oregon. He is found in Clatsop County living with the Smith Family during the 1850 census, but what happen to him after this time is unknown.
Grace Tibbetts was born in Oregon about 1845 and died at the St Joseph Hospital in Vancouver, Washington on the 17th of Jan 1902. Grace is found in the 1860 census with the Caufield family in Oregon City. Grace married Richard Sortor, they had 11 children.
Children of Grace and Richard Sorter:
1. Myra Ann (Sortor) Moody 1866-1949
2. Mary Sortor b. 1868 Oregon
3. Rosabel Sortor b. 1871 Oregon
4. Richard Sortor b. 1872 Washington
5. Elizabeth Annette (Sortor) Spencer 1876-1949
6. Julia (Sortor) Fredrickson 1878-1916
7.Jacob Sortor 1889-1955
Sources:
1. The Signers of the Oregon Memorial of 1838, Oregon Historical Quarterly VOLUME XXIV (1933) page 182-183
2. Men of Champoeg, by Caroline Dobbs page 35-40, Portland, Oregon (1932)
In 1845, Thomas Owens, Edward Williams, Elbridge Trask, William Perry and Calvin Tibbets, who had formed the Wahoni Milling Co., built the mill at the south end of Clatsop Plains near the mouth of the Neawanna. The mill operated for only a couple of years, because the gristmill failed, due to the fact that the Clatsop Plains wasn’t suitable to grow crops, the mill was then converted to a lumber mill.
Calvin Tibbetts was a member of the Oregon Temperance Society, and as such signed the petition requesting Ewing Young and Lawrence Carmichael to give up their distillery. Tibbetts was also a member of the Willamette Cattle Company. In 1843, he voted for the Provisional Government of Oregon. In 1845, was chosen by by the Legislature as one of the three Judges for Clatsop County.
That Calvin Tibbets was back and forth to California several times. A letter from Courtney Walker dated 26 Aug 1849, announced the death of Calvin Tibbetts, while returning on the ship "Forrest" from a trip to the gold mines, he died of cholera. He was buried at sea prior to the ship landing in Oregon on 11 Aug 1849.
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Note: (Calvin Tibbetts IS NOT believed to be the child of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Hayes) Tibbetts, as there is another fellow with the same name who is believed to be their son Calvin Tebbets)
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Calvin married Luana Katata a full blooded Claptsop Indian. They had two children, Grace (Tibbetts) Sortor and John Tibbetts.
John Tibbetts was born about 1846 in Oregon. He is found in Clatsop County living with the Smith Family during the 1850 census, but what happen to him after this time is unknown.
Grace Tibbetts was born in Oregon about 1845 and died at the St Joseph Hospital in Vancouver, Washington on the 17th of Jan 1902. Grace is found in the 1860 census with the Caufield family in Oregon City. Grace married Richard Sortor, they had 11 children.
Children of Grace and Richard Sorter:
1. Myra Ann (Sortor) Moody 1866-1949
2. Mary Sortor b. 1868 Oregon
3. Rosabel Sortor b. 1871 Oregon
4. Richard Sortor b. 1872 Washington
5. Elizabeth Annette (Sortor) Spencer 1876-1949
6. Julia (Sortor) Fredrickson 1878-1916
7.Jacob Sortor 1889-1955
Sources:
1. The Signers of the Oregon Memorial of 1838, Oregon Historical Quarterly VOLUME XXIV (1933) page 182-183
2. Men of Champoeg, by Caroline Dobbs page 35-40, Portland, Oregon (1932)
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